SPEAKER BIOS
2017 A-CAPP CENTER
PARTNERSHIPS SPEAKERS ( CONT .)
Mike LeMieux recently retired from the Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) as a Supervisory Special Agent and national program manager at the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center ( IPRC ). Mr . LeMieux managed FBI investigations involving theft of trade secrets ; counterfeit goods that pose a threat to health and safety ; and copyright and trademark infringement cases which have a national security , organized crime , or significant economic impact . Mr . LeMieux also executed Department of Justice anti-counterfeiting initiatives that combined the efforts of brand owners , government , and intermediary platforms to address challenges in the e-commerce environment . During his tenure at the IPRC , Mr . LeMieux also specialized in government and industry partnerships aimed at improving detection and mitigation of illicit activity in the third-party marketplace . During his 20-year FBI career , Mr . LeMieux served in investigative , management , and instructor capacities across two FBI field divisions and both the Criminal Investigative and Training Divisions at FBI Headquarters . He also specialized in Indian gaming as a Coordinator of the Indian Gaming Working Group ; in public corruption as a key member of an investigative team that focused on allegations involving members of the U . S . Congress , senior federal executives , and lobbyists in wide-ranging federal corruption allegations ; and counterterrorism as a long-time Joint Terrorism Task Force ( JTTF ) Coordinator , a domestic terrorism subject matter expert , and Supervisory Instructor at the FBI Academy . Prior to his FBI career , Mr . LeMieux served as a federal law enforcement officer with the U . S . Department of the Interior , Bureau of Indian Affairs , on Indian reservations in California and Idaho .
Tiffany Pho is the Anticounterfeiting Coordinator at the International Trademark Association ( INTA ). Tiffany ’ s primary responsibility is to develop global anticounterfeiting policy and advocacy for the Association . Prior to working at INTA , Tiffany served as a law clerk to the Honorable Michael V . Cresitello , Superior Court of New Jersey , Civil Division and worked in the Trademark Licensing Office of Rutgers University . Tiffany has a JD from Rutgers-School of Law Newark and a BA in Political Science and History from Rutgers , the State University of New Jersey .
RESEARCH LAB SPEAKERS
Brandon A . Sullivan is an Assistant Professor at the Michigan State University Center for Anti-Counterfeiting and Product Protection . He earned his PhD from the Michigan State University School of Criminal Justice in 2015 and his Bachelor and Master of Science from Bowling Green State University . In addition to his work with the A-CAPP Center , he serves as a Research Associate with the Research Foundation of the City University of New York ( CUNY ), Research Affiliate with the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism ( START ), and Faculty Affiliate with the MSU College of Law . He is Principal of the A-CAPP Center Product Counterfeiting Database ( PCD ) and co-Principal Investigator of the Extremist Crime Database ( ECDB ) Financial Crimes project . His research focuses primarily on emerging areas of crime and justice , particularly those involving transnational criminal enterprises and networks , including fraud , product counterfeiting , extremist financial crime , and environmental / conservation crime . Other research interests include organizational deviance , crime prevention , policing , law and society , and media and crime , as well as social network analysis and mixed methods research . Recent publications have appeared in the International Criminal Justice Review , Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology , Global Crime , European Journal of Criminology , International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice , Trends in Organized Crime , and Journal of Brand Management .
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Brian Monks is the Vice President of Global Security and Brand Protection at Underwriters Laboratories ( UL ). Mr . Monks has been with UL for 30 years and has worked in the intellectual property enforcement area for over 18 years . He works closely with national